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NAMEng_sscop -- netgraph SSCOP node type
SYNOPSIS#include <netnatm/saal/sscopdef.h>
#include <netgraph/atm/ng_sscop.h>
DESCRIPTION
The sscop netgraph node type implements the ITU-T standard Q.2110. This
standard describes the so called Service Specific Connection Oriented
Protocol (SSCOP) that is used to carry signalling messages over the pri-
vate and public UNIs and the public NNI. This protocol is a transport
protocol with selective acknowledgements, and can be tailored to the
environment. This implementation is a full implementation of that stan-
dard.
After creation of the node, the SSCOP instance must be created by sending
an ``enable'' message to the node. If the node is enabled, the SSCOP
parameters can be retrieved and modified and the protocol can be started.
The node is shut down either by a NGM_SHUTDOWN message, or when all hooks
are disconnected.
HOOKS
Each sscop node has three hooks with fixed names:
lower This hook must be connected to a node that ensures transport of
packets to and from the remote peer node. Normally this is a
ng_atm(4) node with an AAL5 hook, but the sscop node is able to
work on any packet-transporting layer, like, for example, IP or
UDP. The node handles flow control messages received on this
hook: if it receives a NGM_HIGH_WATER_PASSED message, it declares
the ``lower layer busy'' state. If a NGM_LOW_WATER_PASSED mes-
sage is received, the busy state is cleared. Note that the node
does not look at the message contents of these flow control mes-
sages.
upper This is the interface to the SSCOP user. This interface uses the
following message format:
struct sscop_arg {
uint32_t sig;
uint32_t arg; /* opt. sequence number or clear-buff */
u_char data[];
};
The sig field is one of the signals defined in the standard:
enum sscop_aasig {
SSCOP_ESTABLISH_request, /* <- UU, BR */
SSCOP_ESTABLISH_indication, /* -> UU */
SSCOP_ESTABLISH_response, /* <- UU, BR */
SSCOP_ESTABLISH_confirm, /* -> UU */
SSCOP_RELEASE_request, /* <- UU */
SSCOP_RELEASE_indication, /* -> UU, SRC */
SSCOP_RELEASE_confirm, /* -> */
SSCOP_DATA_request, /* <- MU */
SSCOP_DATA_indication, /* -> MU, SN */
SSCOP_UDATA_request, /* <- MU */
SSCOP_UDATA_indication, /* -> MU */
SSCOP_RECOVER_indication, /* -> */
SSCOP_RECOVER_response, /* <- */
SSCOP_RESYNC_request, /* <- UU */
SSCOP_RESYNC_indication, /* -> UU */
SSCOP_RESYNC_response, /* <- */
SSCOP_RESYNC_confirm, /* -> */
SSCOP_RETRIEVE_request, /* <- RN */
SSCOP_RETRIEVE_indication, /* -> MU */
SSCOP_RETRIEVE_COMPL_indication,/* -> */
};
The arrows in the comment show the direction of the signal,
whether it is a signal that comes out of the node (`->'), or is
sent by the node user to the node (`<-'). The arg field contains
the argument to some of the signals: it is either a PDU sequence
number, or the CLEAR-BUFFER flag. There are a number of special
sequence numbers for some operations:
SSCOP_MAXSEQNO maximum legal sequence number
SSCOP_RETRIEVE_UNKNOWN retrieve transmission queue
SSCOP_RETRIEVE_TOTAL retrieve transmission buffer and
queue
For signals that carry user data (as, for example,
SSCOP_DATA_request) these two fields are followed by the variable
sized user data.
If the upper hook is disconnected and the SSCOP instance is not
in the idle state, and the lower hook is still connected, an
SSCOP_RELEASE_request is executed to release the SSCOP connec-
tion.
manage This is the management interface defined in the standard. The
data structure used here is:
struct sscop_marg {
uint32_t sig;
u_char data[];
};
Here sig is one of
enum sscop_maasig {
SSCOP_MDATA_request, /* <- MU */
SSCOP_MDATA_indication, /* -> MU */
SSCOP_MERROR_indication, /* -> CODE, CNT */
};
The SSCOP_MDATA signals are followed by the actual management
data, where the SSCOP_MERROR signal has the form:
struct sscop_merr {
uint32_t sig;
uint32_t err; /* error code */
uint32_t cnt; /* error count */
};
CONTROL MESSAGES
The sscop node understands the generic control messages, plus the follow-
ing:
NGM_SSCOP_SETPARAM (setparam)
Sets operational parameters of the SSCOP instance and takes the fol-
lowing structure:
struct ng_sscop_setparam {
uint32_t mask;
struct sscop_param param;
};
The sub-structure param contains the parameters to set, and the mask
field contains a bit mask, telling which of the parameters to set,
and which to ignore. If a bit is set, the corresponding parameter
is set. The parameters are:
struct sscop_param {
uint32_t timer_cc; /* timer_cc in msec */
uint32_t timer_poll; /* timer_poll im msec */
uint32_t timer_keep_alive;/* timer_keep_alive in msec */
uint32_t timer_no_response;/*timer_no_response in msec */
uint32_t timer_idle; /* timer_idle in msec */
uint32_t maxk; /* maximum user data in bytes */
uint32_t maxj; /* maximum u-u info in bytes */
uint32_t maxcc; /* max. retransmissions for control packets */
uint32_t maxpd; /* max. vt(pd) before sending poll */
uint32_t maxstat; /* max. number of elements in stat list */
uint32_t mr; /* initial window */
uint32_t flags; /* flags */
};
The flags field contains the following flags influencing SSCOP oper-
ation:
SSCOP_ROBUST enable atmf/97-0216 robustness enhancement
SSCOP_POLLREX send POLL after each retransmission
The bitmap has the following bits:
SSCOP_SET_TCC set timer_cc
SSCOP_SET_TPOLL set timer_poll
SSCOP_SET_TKA set timer_keep_alive
SSCOP_SET_TNR set timer_no_response
SSCOP_SET_TIDLE set timer_idle
SSCOP_SET_MAXK set maxk
SSCOP_SET_MAXJ set maxj
SSCOP_SET_MAXCC set maxcc
SSCOP_SET_MAXPD set maxpd
SSCOP_SET_MAXSTAT set maxstat
SSCOP_SET_MR set the initial window
SSCOP_SET_ROBUST set or clear SSCOP_ROBUST
SSCOP_SET_POLLREX set or clear SSCOP_POLLREX
The node responds to the NGM_SSCOP_SETPARAM message with the follow-
ing response:
struct ng_sscop_setparam_resp {
uint32_t mask;
int32_t error;
};
Here mask contains a bitmask of the parameters that the user
requested to set, but that could not be set and error is an errno(2)
code describing why the parameter could not be set.
NGM_SSCOP_GETPARAM (getparam)
This message returns the current operational parameters of the SSCOP
instance in a sscop_param structure.
NGM_SSCOP_ENABLE (enable)
This message creates the actual SSCOP instance and initializes it.
Until this is done, parameters may neither be retrieved nor set, and
all messages received on any hook are discarded.
NGM_SSCOP_DISABLE (disable)
Destroy the SSCOP instance. After this, all messages on any hooks
are discarded.
NGM_SSCOP_SETDEBUG (setdebug)
Set debugging flags. The argument is a uint32_t.
NGM_SSCOP_GETDEBUG (getdebug)
Retrieve the actual debugging flags. Needs no arguments and
responds with a uint32_t.
NGM_SSCOP_GETSTATE (getstate)
Responds with the current state of the SSCOP instance in a uint32_t.
If the node is not enabled, the retrieved state is 0.
FLOW CONTROL
Flow control works on the upper and on the lower layer interface. At the
lower layer interface, the two messages, NGM_HIGH_WATER_PASSED and
NGM_LOW_WATER_PASSED, are used to declare or clear the ``lower layer
busy'' state of the protocol.
At the upper layer interface, the sscop node handles three types of flow
control messages:
NGM_HIGH_WATER_PASSED
If this message is received, the SSCOP stops moving the receive win-
dow. Each time a data message is handed over to the upper layer,
the receive window is moved by one message. Stopping these updates
means that the window will start to close and if the peer has sent
all messages allowed by the current window, it stops transmission.
This means that the upper layer must be able to still receive a full
window amount of messages.
NGM_LOW_WATER_PASSED
This will re-enable the automatic window updates, and if the space
indicated in the message is larger than the current window, the win-
dow will be opened by that amount. The space is computed as the
difference of the max_queuelen_packets and current members of the
ngm_queue_state structure.
NGM_SYNC_QUEUE_STATE
If the upper layer buffer filling state, as indicated by current, is
equal to or greater than high_watermark then the message is ignored.
If this is not the case, the amount of receiver space is computed as
the difference of max_queuelen_packets and current if automatic win-
dow updates are currently allowed, and as the difference of
high_water_mark and current if window updates are disabled. If the
resulting value is larger than the current window, the current win-
dow is opened up to this value. Automatic window updates are
enabled if they were disabled.
SEE ALSOnetgraph(4), ng_atm(4), ng_sscfu(4), ngctl(8)AUTHORS
Harti Brandt <harti@FreeBSD.org>
FreeBSD 10.1 October 24, 2003 FreeBSD 10.1